Labeo calbasu (Hamilton, 1822)

Banyal, Harinder Singh, Kumar, Sanjeev & Raina, R. H., 2019, Exploration of Fish Diversity in the West Banas River, Banaskantha, Gujarat, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (3) : -

3. Labeo calbasu (Hamilton, 1822)

1822. Cyprinus calbasu, Hamilton-Buchanan, Fishes of Ganges: 297, 387, pl. 2, fig. 33 (type-locality: rivers and ponds of Bengal and in the western provinces).

2013. Labeo calbasu, Kottelat, M. The fishes of the inland waters of South East Asia: a catalogue and core bibiography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 27: 1-663.

Common name: Kalbasu

Material examined: 1 ex., West Banas River near Dantiwada, Banaskantha , Gujarat, 11.xii.2017, coll. H. S. Banyal, Reg. No. V/ 3631 .

Diagnostic characters: D iv 13; A ii 5; P i 16; Vi 8. Snout depressed and equitably pointy, lacking lateral lobe, dotted with pores. Mouth inferior barbel two pairs (rostral and maxillary) dorsal fin with a extended base, inserted halfway between snout-tip and base of caudal fin. Fins black colored.

Geographical distribution: Common in India

Remarks: It is one of the main Indian carps. It is a vital food fish and at several places is denoted to as the ‘Black Rohu’.